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The director for this movie is David Yates who is a English movie
director.
CAMERA MOVEMENTS
Zooming is used a lot in this movie and especially in the opening scene that shows
the title and the production company. It also occurs when the camera is zoomed in
towards Harry Potter, who is the main character, to give the audience a full view of
the character. It gives the effect of importance to the object.
Tilt is another movement that is used often in this opening scene which is when the
camera follows the death eaters path from behind and they suddenly tilt to the side
with the camera as well. This scene makes the audience feel tension because of the
speed and the sudden tilts and movements created by the creatures.
When the bridge is about to be destroyed it uses the truck movement making it more
clear for the audience the length of the bridge and the way the bridge is set out with a
lot of people on it.
TRANSITIONS (EDITS)
This movie has a great number of transitions because it has a lot of movements as
well as the transitions. There are a lot of dissolves which are scenes that move from
one scene to another smoothly through the shots. This doesnt confuse the audience
to what is happening and what the next scene is. The movement is rapid but smooth
and shows us a full understanding. It is also known as overlapping, dissolves happen
when one shot gradually replaces by the next. One disappears as the following
appears. For a few seconds, they overlap, and both are visible.
Fades happen at the start of the movie fade outs happen when the picture is
gradually replaced by black screen or any other solid colour. Traditionally, fade outs
have been used to conclude movies. Fade ins are the opposite: a solid colour
gradually gives way to picture, commonly used in the beginning of movies. This
happens in the movie when the scene flashes to another after Harry Potter walks
away with Dumbledore.
In the opening scene of this movie there is mostly Non-diegetic sound and hardly any
diegetic sound apart from screams of people who have been attacked on the bridge. The
non-diegetic sound are mainly of the thunder rumbling and the death eaters approaching
places. Also the music that comes with the death eaters brings tension to the scene and
makes the audience more tense to see what happens next because of the fear in the
characters.
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dishes which
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including Harry
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There are many props used in the first few minutes of this movie. Most of these props are
cameras and the props in the muggle world which are every day things used by humans.
The props give the audience a quick layout of the setting and what the actors are doing in
these particular scenes.
There is not much dialogue in this scene except from the reporters at the start when
Harry Potter looks distraught and tired. His facial expression shows the audience how he
is and what he is feeling. The acting of the public in the muggle world shows us that they
are scared when the bridge collapses; they scream and run in fear.
Another scene shows the characters acting skills well when the death eaters kidnap the
owner of oliwanders which is a shop to sell wands to the new witches and wizards. The
kidnappers are grinning at the shrieking public.